@inbook {19482,
	title = {Description and Explanation},
	booktitle = {The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods},
	year = {2017},
	publisher = {Wiley},
	organization = {Wiley},
	abstract = {Scientific description is a systematic effort to selectively represent a complex reality in order to highlight patterns and specific phenomena that can be subjected to scientific explanation. Specific representations enable different kinds of explanations. An explanation consists of a demonstration that a set of conditions is present for which there is a rule predicting that the explained phenomenon should follow, and a theoretical account that elucidates why these conditions are sufficient. The conditions and rules sustaining the explanation can themselves be described and explained, resulting in substantial overlap between description and explanation.},
	url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118901731.iecrm0065/abstract},
	author = {Baden, Christian},
	editor = {Matthes, J{\"o}rg}
}
